On Wednesday, the far-right group 'Bloc montpelliérain' from Montpellier was dissolved due to 'calls to violence, hatred, and discrimination', according to government spokesperson Maud Bregeon. The specific violent actions or incidents that led to this dissolution have not been disclosed. Bregeon stated that three other dissolutions of violent far-left and far-right groups will follow, with one of these groups being the far-right 'Patria albiges' present in Albi.
The names and locations of the other two groups planned for dissolution remain unknown. Since Emmanuel Macron's election to the Élysée in 2017, 25 groups from the 'ultra movement' have been dissolved - 20 from the far-right and five from the far-left - according to the government. This recent move is part of broader efforts to curb extremist activities.
The Ministry of the Interior has launched work for the dissolution of five local offshoots of the Jeune Garde, which are reconstitutions of the already dissolved far-left movement, as announced by Bregeon. The current status and timeline for these dissolution procedures are unclear. These actions come after the death of radical far-right activist Quentin Deranque, in which several suspects are close to the Jeune Garde, according to sources.
The identities of these suspects and their exact connection to the Jeune Garde have not been specified. On February 24, Emmanuel Macron met with the ministers of the Interior and Justice, as well as intelligence services, to discuss 'violent action groups that are active and have links with political parties', as reported. The political parties linked to these groups were not named in the discussion.
Following this meeting, Macron asked Laurent Nuñez to launch dissolution procedures against the five identified local offshoots of the Jeune Garde, according to sources. According to a participant in this meeting, a little over 5,000 people from 'all ultra movements combined' are monitored by the services, knowing that 'the constellation of the far-right is larger than the constellation of the far-left'. The government's crackdown reflects ongoing concerns about extremist violence in France.